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 INTRODUCTION TO DAMA

  • Understanding data management and its critical importance.
  • Exploring the various disciplines within data management.
  • DAMA and the DMBoK 2.0, and its relationship with other frameworks (TOGAF, COBIT, etc.).
  • Overview of available professional certifications focusing on the DAMA CDMP.

DATA GOVERNANCE

  • Defining Data Governance, its importance, and a typical data governance reference model.
  • Key data governance roles: owner, steward, and custodian.
  • The role of the Data Governance Office (DGO) and its relationship with the PMO.
  • Distinguishing between Data Governance and IT Governance, and why the distinction matters.
  • Overview of data management implications arising from selected regulations.
  • Key steps organizations can take to prepare for compliance with current and future regulations.
  • Initiating data governance, as well as sustaining and building upon it.

 DATA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

  • Proactive planning for managing data across its entire lifecycle.
  • Differences between the data lifecycle and a Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
  • Data governance touch points throughout the data lifecycle.

 METADATA MANAGEMENT

  • Defining metadata and understanding its importance.
  • Types of metadata, their uses, and their sources.
  • The connection between metadata and business glossaries.
  • How metadata serves as essential glue for data governance and metadata standards.

 DG MINI PROJECT

  • Launching the Data Governance Program: essential early steps. Developing a realistic business case for DG aligned with business objectives.

 DOCUMENT RECORDS & CONTENT MANAGEMENT

  • The importance of document and records management.
  • Taxonomy vs. ontology: understanding the differences.
  • Legal and regulatory considerations impacting records and content management.

 DATA MODELING BASICS

  • Types of data models, their uses, and how they interrelate.
  • Developing and exploiting data models, ranging from enterprise and conceptual to logical, physical, and dimensional levels.
  • Maturity assessment to evaluate how models are utilized within the enterprise and integrated into the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  • Data modeling in the context of big data.
  • The critical role of data modeling in data governance and a business case study.

 DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT

  • The various facets of data quality, and why validity is often confused with quality.
  • Policies, procedures, metrics, technology, and resources required to ensure data quality.
  • A data quality reference model and how to apply it.
  • The interconnection between data quality management and data governance, supported by case studies.

 DATA OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

  • Core roles and considerations for data operations.
  • Best practices for data operations.

 DATA RISK & SECURITY

  • Identifying threats and adopting defenses to prevent unauthorized access, use, or loss of data, particularly the abuse of personal data.
  • Identifying risks (beyond just security) to data and its usage.
  • Data management considerations for various regulations, such as GDPR and BCBS239.
  • The role of data governance in data security management.

 MASTER & REFERENCE DATA MANAGEMENT

  • The differences between reference and master data.
  • Identification and management of master data across the enterprise.
  • Four generic MDM architectures and their suitability in different scenarios.
  • Strategies for incrementally implementing MDM to align with business priorities.
  • Case study: Statoil (Equinor).

DATA WAREHOUSING, BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & DATA ANALYTICS

  • Defining data warehousing and business intelligence, and explaining why they are necessary.
  • Major data warehouse architectures (Inmon & Kimball).
  • Introduction to dimensional data modeling.
  • Understanding why master data management fails without adequate data governance.
  • Data analytics, machine learning, and data visualization.

 DATA INTEGRATION & INTEROPERABILITY

  • What business and technology issues data integration aims to address?
  • Data integration versus data interoperability: understanding the differences.
  • Different styles of data integration and interoperability, their applicability, and implications.
  • Approaches and guidelines for providing data integration and access.
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